Board of Directors – The MultiChoice Group

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Imtiaz Patel

Calvo Mawela

Tim Jacobs

Kgomotso Moroka

Louisa Stephens

Elias Masilela

Christine Mideva Sabwa

James du Preez

Dr Fatai Adegboyega Sanusi

Jim Volkwyn

Deborah Klein

Andrea Zappia

Imtiaz Patel

Group Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board & Non-Executive Director

Imtiaz is the board chairperson and non-executive director. He was CEO of Naspers' Video Entertainment segment and was previously the CEO of MultiChoice South Africa Group, MultiChoice South Africa and SuperSport International. Imtiaz holds a Higher Diploma in education from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed the Executive PMD program at the University of Cape Town's Business School and the senior executive program at Harvard Business School.

Calvo Mawela

Group CEO – BSc. Eng (Electrical)

Calvo is the CEO. He was the CEO of MCSA after holding office as the head of Stakeholder and Regulatory Affairs and executive in the chairman's office. He was an engineer at Sentech and broadcasting spectrum manager at ICASA. He has also served in ministerial advisory task teams, including the Digital Migration Working Group, Digital Dzonga and the ICT Policy Review Panel. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of KZN.

Tim Jacobs

CFO – BCom, HDipAcc & CA (SA)

Tim is the CFO. He was previously the chief executive officer of MultiChoice Africa Limited and chief financial officer of the Naspers Video Entertainment Segment. He previously held positions as the chief financial officer of Altron Group, chief financial officer of Nampak Limited and chief financial officer of Transaction Capital Limited. He has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Higher Diploma in Accounting from Rhodes University, and is a chartered accountant (South Africa).

Kgomotso Moroka

Independent Non-Executive Director – BProc & LLB

Kgomotso is a senior counsel and member of the Johannesburg Bar. Until recently, she held non-executive directorships at Standard Bank Group Limited and Netcare Limited. She serves as trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Hospital and the Apartheid Museum. She also served as the chair of M-Net’s Phuthuma Futhi Trust. She holds a Baccalaureus Procurationis from the University of the North and an LLB from Wits.

Louisa Stephens

Independent Non-Executive Director – BBusSc(Finance), BCom(Hons)(Accounting), CA(SA) & CD(SA)

Louisa serves as a director of Royal Bafokeng Platinum, Strate (Pty) Ltd and the Institute of Directors South Africa. She previously served as a director of African Bank Ltd, South Ocean Limited and AFGRI Ltd, and held management positions as CIO of Circle Capital Ventures, GM: finance investments at Nozala Investments, and fund manager of the uMnotho Fund at the National Empowerment Fund.

Elias Masilela

Independent Non-Executive Director – BSocSci (Economics & Statistics) & MSc (Economic Policy and Analysis)

Elias previously served as the CEO of the PIC, the head of policy analysis at Sanlam and the deputy director general at the National Treasury. He is also chair of Sanlam, Ingagaru Investments, BuMa Investment Holdings and Capital Harvest. He is a former board member of the SARB, Government Employees Pension Fund and United Nations Global Compact.

Christine Mideva Sabwa

Independent Non-Executive Director – BComm (Accounting), Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA(K))

Christine, a Kenyan national, excels in accounting, spanning financial services, telecom and insurance, and has 27 years' experience in audit, accounting, investigations, risk management, banking, governance, and digital finance. She's had a successful career across consulting, insurance, and banking, including a role as senior manager at Standard Bank South Africa. Christine now serves as a managing partner at Sabwa and Associates, Nairobi, specialising in financial advisory.

James du Preez

Independent Non-Executive Director – CA (SA), CD(SA) & CM(SA)

James was admitted as a PwC partner in 1996. . As the clients and markets development leader for PwC Africa, he was responsible for digital marketing, advertising, sponsorships and business development. James served on the PwC EMEA Business Development Board from 2010-2019. He retired from PwC in June 2019 and consults for Citadel Wealth Management in a business development and marketing capacity.

Dr Fatai Adegboyega Sanusi

Independent Non-Executive Director – Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery

British/Nigerian Dr Fatai Sanusi is currently a senior consultant in the UK National Health Service, having served in this position for 21 years at West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. He has also accumulated years of experience in governance and risk management at a senior management board level. He is active in education and training and has served as training director of the department for several years. Dr Fatai graduated from the University of Lagos in 1986.

Jim Volkwyn

Independent Non-Executive Director – BCom (Hons) & CA (SA)

Jim has held a number of senior roles within MultiChoice and Naspers, including the role of CEO of the Naspers’s global video entertainment segment, before retiring in 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Cape Town and is a chartered accountant (CA)(SA).

Deborah Klein

Independent Non-Executive Director – BBus Sci & Advanced Management Programme (Harvard Business School)

Debbie is the former group marketing, corporate affairs and people officer at Sky, where she was responsible for managing communications, social media, public affairs and digital transformation. She led Sky’s CSR programme (including its commitment to reach net zero carbon by 2030) and was responsible for Sky’s HR Strategy. Prior to that she was chief executive Europe and Asia Pacific at The Engine Group and had roles in strategy and insight at Saatchi & Saatchi and Nielsen.

Andrea Zappia

Independent Non-Executive Director – BSc (Economics)

Andrea has been a senior executive at Sky for over 20 years. In his last role, he was the executive VP and CEO of new markets and businesses for the Sky Group. He led the creation of SkyShowtime, a joint venture between Sky and Paramount Global JV, of which he’s still a board member. He chairs the MCH Group and the NCC at EssilorLuxottica. He was Ferrari and Maserati's global sales and marketing director from 1996-2001 and Sky Italia’s CEO from 2011-2019.

Board of Directors - MultiChoice Group

Imtiaz Patel

Group Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board & Non-Executive Director

Calvo Mawela

Group CEO – BSc. Eng (Electrical)

Tim Jacobs

CFO – BCom, HDipAcc & CA (SA)

Kgomotso Moroka

Independent Non-Executive Director – BProc & LLB

Louisa Stephens

Independent Non-Executive Director – BBusSc(Finance), BCom(Hons)(Accounting), CA(SA) & CD(SA)

Elias Masilela

Independent Non-Executive Director – BSocSci (Economics & Statistics) & MSc (Economic Policy and Analysis)

Christine Mideva Sabwa

Independent Non-Executive Director – BComm (Accounting), Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA(K))

James du Preez

Independent Non-Executive Director – CA (SA), CD(SA) & CM(SA)

Dr Fatai Adegboyega Sanusi

Independent Non-Executive Director – Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery

Jim Volkwyn

Independent Non-Executive Director – BCom (Hons) & CA (SA)

Deborah Klein

Independent Non-Executive Director – BBus Sci & Advanced Management Programme (Harvard Business School)

Andrea Zappia

Independent Non-Executive Director – BSc (Economics)

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